Role stress, attitudes, and job outcomes in Business-To-Business Selling: Does the type of selling situation matter?

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-77

  Avlonitis, George J ^a   Panagopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 33750384094     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134260106     Document Type: Article

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